How Does a Broken Rib Heal?
Breaking a rib can be extremely painful and uncomfortable. There is virtually nothing you can do to help it along except rest and stay off of your feet. There is no possible way that the bone can be reset or fixed. If you have a broken rib, you will experience swelling and pain in the ribs where the bone is broken. In addition, coughing, sneezing or breathing deeply can cause terrible pain. You may also experience pain if someone presses on your rib cage. The best medicine for a broken rib is to get rest. If you are experiencing severe pain, see a doctor so that he can rule out any severe damage on the inside of the rib cage. In some instances, doctors will bandage you or give you a rib wrap to keep everything in place and to protect the area from being hit accidentally. After a fracture occurs, the blood vessels around the injury begin to constrict, causing any further bleeding to stop. A few hours after the fracture occurs, the hematoma, or extravascular blood cells, gather to form a
